Discovery Science,Waterees08/30/2024Ask the expert: Take me on a science sea cruiseSongqiao "Shawn" Wei of shares his story of helping lead a research cruise studying seismology at the bottom of the South Pacific
  • Songqiao "Shawn" Wei is an associate professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Michigan State University who recently helped lead a research cruise to the South Pacific.
  • For Wei’s project, he and his colleagues deployed seismometers to the bottom of the ocean to learn more about a region known as the Tonga subduction zone.
  • In this Q&A, Wei shares more about his science and the experience aboard one of the United States’ largest research vessels.
Lynn WaldsmithFan Wang, S. Shawn Wei and Yurong Zhang (left to right) stand on the deck of U.S. Research Vessel Thomas G. Thompson holding a green flag with a white Spartan helmet that says “Michigan State.” White clouds spread across a blue sky and sea in the backgroundFan Wang, S. Shawn Wei and Yurong Zhang (left to right) stand on the deck of U.S. Research Vessel Thomas G. Thompson holding a green flag with a white Spartan helmet that says “Michigan State.” White clouds spread across a blue sky and sea in the background